[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR51.8]

[Page 244]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 51_PASSPORTS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  51.8  Cancellation of previously issued passport.

    (a) Upon applying for a new passport, an applicant shall submit for 
cancellation any previous passport still valid or potentially valid.
    (b) If an applicant is unable to produce such a passport for 
cancellation, he or she shall submit a signed statement setting forth 
the circumstances surrounding the disposition of the passport and if it 
is claimed to have been lost, the efforts made to recover it. A 
determination will then be made whether to issue a new passport and 
whether such passport shall be limited as to place and periods of 
validity.

(22 U.S.C. 2658 and 3926)

[31 FR 13540, Oct. 20, 1966, as amended at 31 FR 14521, Nov. 11, 1966; 
49 FR 16989, Apr. 23, 1984]